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title: Scientists dab the «dead ant» smell on a living ant. What happens? — Unusual pets: stick insects, giant sna… · tree and pragmatics
description: Scientists dab the «dead ant» smell on a living ant. What happens? Test 7 · ★★★ of lesson 330 «Unusual pets: stick insects, giant snails, ant farms and hermit crabs» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's cho
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# Test 7 · ★★★ · Unusual pets: stick insects, giant snails, ant farms and h…

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Scientists dab the «dead ant» smell on a living ant. What happens?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Scientists · **What happens:** dab, happen · **To what, where:** ant smell, living ant

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This is test 7 · ★★★ of lesson 330 «Unusual pets: stick insects, giant snails, ant farms and hermit crabs» of the biology course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/biology/330-unusual-pets-stick-insects-giant-snails-ant-farms-and-hermit-crabs/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Scientists dab the «dead ant» smell on a living ant.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:330-unusual-pets-stick-insects-giant-snails-ant-farms-and-hermit-crabs:t7:1
# text = Scientists dab the «dead ant» smell on a living ant.
1	Scientists	scientist	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	dab	dab	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
4	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	ant	ant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
8	smell	smell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	living	living	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	ant	ant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dab** | present | Scientists | the ant smell |  | a living ant |  |  | vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent smell=Theme on ant=Destination |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

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*Sentence 2:* What happens?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:330-unusual-pets-stick-insects-giant-snails-ant-farms-and-hermit-crabs:t7:2
# text = What happens?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	happens	happen	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Nothing, because ants judge death by looking, not by smell

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:330-unusual-pets-stick-insects-giant-snails-ant-farms-and-hermit-crabs:t7:o1:1
# text = Nothing, because ants judge death by looking, not by smell
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	ants	ant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	judge	judge	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
6	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	smell	smell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **judge** | present | ants | death |  |  |  |  | vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Agent death=Value |
| 2 | **look** | gerund | ants *not said here* |  |  |  |  | by smell | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent by smell=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Its sisters carry it out to the dead pile even though it is alive

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:330-unusual-pets-stick-insects-giant-snails-ant-farms-and-hermit-crabs:t7:o2:1
# text = Its sisters carry it out to the dead pile even though it is alive
1	Its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	sisters	sister	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	carry	carry	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	out	out	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	pile	pile	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
10	even	even	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
11	though	though	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
13	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
14	alive	alive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry out** | present | Its sisters | it |  |  |  | to the dead pile | vn act-114 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |
| 2 | **is** | present | pile |  |  |  |  | alive *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The queen eats it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:330-unusual-pets-stick-insects-giant-snails-ant-farms-and-hermit-crabs:t7:o3:1
# text = The queen eats it
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	eats	eat	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | present | the queen | it |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The ant dies at once

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:330-unusual-pets-stick-insects-giant-snails-ant-farms-and-hermit-crabs:t7:o4:1
# text = The ant dies at once
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ant	ant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	dies	die	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **die** | present | the ant |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

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